page_title: Kiwa (mythology)
hierarchical_section_title: Kiwa (mythology)
caption_attribution_description: Author: Earth Network Editor Use: Image in public domain (requested to not be used for harmful purposes) Source: Digital camera, Taken in Cornwall. Originally P5290010.JPG
context_page_description: Kiwa is one of several male divine guardians of the ocean in the traditions of some Māori tribes of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
  A poetic name for the Pacific Ocean is Te moana nui a Kiwa. Kiwa's first wife, in some of these traditions, was Parawhenuamea, ancestor of streams that flow from the land to the sea and of fresh water generally. Kiwa's second wife was Hinemoana, a personification of the sea. Kiwa and Hinemoana had a number of children.
context_section_description: Kiwa is one of several male divine guardians of the ocean in the traditions of some Māori tribes of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
   
  A poetic name for the Pacific Ocean is Te moana nui a Kiwa (The great ocean of Kiwa). Kiwa's first wife, in some of these traditions, was Parawhenuamea, ancestor of streams that flow from the land to the sea and of fresh water generally. Kiwa's second wife was Hinemoana (Ocean woman), a personification of the sea. Kiwa and Hinemoana had a number of children.
caption: Waves of Hinemoana are eroding the land
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